Episodes
-- During The Show --
00:50 10 Year Hardware Plan - Caller
Extended warranty support from hardware company
Offer your own extended support
Cold Shelf
3-5 years seems acceptable
Tolerance for business continuity
06:08 NFS
Moral of the story
Trouble shooting process
Inner workings of NFS
R and W size
11:55 UI for Building ISO - A
Typical ISO building process
OpenSUSE Build Service
EaseUS Utility
Very time consuming
Image the system
15:14 Networking for Libvirt -...
Published 04/24/24
-- During The Show --
00:50 MIDI
MIDI a better mouse trap
Pitch bending
Special snowflake
Firewire hardware
Motu UltraLite AVB
Ardour
Musicians please send in feedback!
11:25 News Wire
Dynebolic is Back - ZDnet
OpenSSL 3.3 - OpenSSL
OpenTTD - OpenTTD
Ardour - Ardour
KDE Frameworks 6.1.0 - KDE
Descent 3 MIT Licensed - Gaming on Linux - Github
Opentofu vs Hashicorps - Opentofu
Huggingface Updated - Venture Beat
Samll Verson of LLaMA-3 - CCN
Spectre v2 Attacks - Bleeping...
Published 04/17/24
This week Noah and Steve give you the latest on open source mobile operating systems. Windows is pushing people to Linux by way of charging them $244 per year for updates in the third year.
-- During The Show --
01:20 Hardware
Protectli
$170 Chinesium Device
Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock
CalDigit Thunderbolt Dock
09:19 Graphene OS - Craig
GrapheneOS
Moving away from phones
JMP.Chat
Conversations
Gajim
Linphone
JMP.Chat phone service
LineageOS
PostmarketOS
SailfishOS
Titan M chip
Had pretty...
Published 04/10/24
Malicious updates made to a Linux tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream. Noah and Steve help you understand what you need to know.
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Find all the...
Published 04/03/24
What's the best way to roll central authentication? What's the best Google replacement suite? This week Noah and Steve dig into hosting questions, as always your calls go to the front of the line!
-- During The Show --
01:36 PHP, Kanban etc - Joe
Nextcloud Deck
Our Note Organizer
03:40 NIX Feedback - Alexander
People time rank/prioritize
"What problem does it solve" is a framework
Effective evangelizing
Making something "sticky"
No bad questions
13:22 Caller Tony from...
Published 03/27/24
-- During The Show --
Scale
Ubicon & NixCon
Krita talk
HPC (High Performance Computing)
Ubuntu and Matrix
What problem does Nix solve?
Future adoption of Nix?
Flox
Sat night dinner
Bazzite
Making and keeping connections
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Published 03/20/24
Task management can be a challenge, this week Noah and Steve talk about open source tools and ideas to managing your workflow.
-- During The Show --
00:50 Noah in CA
CA experience
Noah is in CA for SCALE
02:00 Windows For Charity - Wayne
Separate task from desire
Linux is non-profit's best friend
Windows doesn't want you as a customer
Snowflake Windows software
Remmina
ThinLinX
Convincing mode
Noah's strategy
13:00 KDE - Hank
Versioning
14:45 News Wire
Linux Reaches 4% -...
Published 03/13/24
How do you balance the stress of tech with the benefits? Noah and Steve dig through the delicate issue of work life balance.
-- During The Show --
01:00 Migrations Complete!
$22/month on EMS to $50/month Self Hosted
02:30 Ajit Praise - Cory
Their are cultural differences between Japan and the US
Most of us want "maximum absence of coercion"
People have different views of "justice"
Internet going from luxury to necessity in a generation
Still learning the effect of internet and...
Published 03/06/24
This week Noah and Steve celebrate some open source wins, answer your open source questions, and talk about the Linux and open source news of the week!
-- During The Show --
01:13 Creating Training Content - Jeremy
Clients will not send you questions ahead of time
Customization is work
Traditional training
Custom corporate training
Business models
08:32 Running Docker as non-root - Joshua
What putting your user in the docker group does
Depends on what you are trying to...
Published 02/28/24
This week Simon Quigley, and Rick Timmis from Kubuntu join the Ask Noah Show to talk about the issues surrounding Kubuntu and what the path looks like going forward.
-- During The Show --
01:18 Ajit Pai Feedback - Chris
The question is "when to regulate"
Purpose of govt is to protect people
Bad situations exist
Internet is becoming essential
05:58 Self Hosting Email - Jon
Dealing with black lists stinks
Security is a moving target
Project like Nextcloud incorporates email
Down time...
Published 02/21/24
How do you setup an IP camera doorbell to call your phone? Can Windows decrypt gpg files and should you store those on a network share? It's a packed episode with your questions and our answers!
-- During The Show --
01:50 Noah's Cloud Experience
Paramount attaches to google account
Google locks out account
Experience was terrible even when it was working
Artificial barriers encourage piracy
Google continues to charge card after closing account
07:20 Nextcloud Issues - David
Apple...
Published 02/14/24
Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet.
-- During The Show --
00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend
Buys bits at a time
Went Linux vs $200 Windows
Walked him through all the steps
Made a recovery script
03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab
Switched away from Mail in a Box
Went to Mailcow
Your experience with...
Published 02/07/24
This week Noah and Steve dig into alternatives to Axis for cameras. What can you buy that won't break the bank, but also has open source compatibility? Your questions go to the front of the line, and what if NextCloud had an email backend?
-- During The Show --
01:10 Steve's WiFi/SSID problem
Double NAT theory
MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
03:43 Mail-in-a-box - Joe
Mail-in-a-box uses Nextcloud components
Office in a box
Center around files or email
Nextcloud...
Published 01/31/24
This week we revisit the idea of self-hosting your own email server. For years both of us have been against it, with the current state of "cloud" mail providers, maybe it's time to reconsider. Noah and Steve dig into new research that suggests some concerns with kids using tech at a young age.
-- During The Show --
00:52 Steve's Question
Can't load sites on WiFi AP unless on a VPN
Write in!
02:00 Noah on Hosted Email
Hosted O365
Client filed ticket
Entire yahoo.com email domain not...
Published 01/24/24
This week Noah and Steve talk monitoring dashboards! Get a single pane of glass for your house! A discussion about proprietary garbage, and answer your questions.
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-- Stay In...
Published 01/17/24
This week Daniel Schaefer joins Ask Noah and we talk about the design of the Framework laptop and upcoming 16" version of the laptop. We answer your questions, and tell you about a newbie friendly terminal emulator!
-- During The Show --
01:45 Sharing Passwords - Anthony
Send data/info via multiple channels
Nextcloud
Passphrases
07:40 Axis Camera Feedback - Dominik
AXIS M3075-V
Motion Detection on camera
No need for proprietary software
11:16 Pi Hole Problems - Anthony
Blocked or...
Published 01/10/24
This week Noah and Steve dig back through 2023 and give you a Home Automation Year Roundup! We look at your questions throughout the year and evaluate how we would answer those questions today!
-- During The Show --
Future Home Automation
5 inch tablets
M5Stack Speakers
Steve's 2023 Purchases
Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (Amazon)
Sonoff S40 Lite Zigbee Smart Plug (Amazon)
Zigbee 2 Channel Smart Relay (Amazon)
Eco-Worthy Linear Actuator (Amazon)
Aqara Door Sensor (Cloud Free)
Aqara Temperature...
Published 01/03/24
This week we dig into feedback from someone looking at a new IT job, Steve gives an update on trying to maintain a presence on a platform that doesn't want him.
-- During The Show --
00:55 Bad Hardware Day
Motherboard swap
PSU modular cables
Fan controller magic smoke
Bent CPU pins
06:48 VMs and Storage - Joe
Advantages of separating OS and Data
Joe's GitHub
IX Systems and 45 Drives
Use JBOD not Raid
ZFS needs direct access
HA (High Availability)
15:40 VM Storage Question -...
Published 12/27/23
This week Till Kamppeter joins The Ask Noah Show and we talk about OpenPrinting. We answer your questions, and if you were hosting your Matrix instance with EMS we'll walk you through the latest announcement.
-- During The Show --
Feedback about BT extension EP 351 - John
Cheap phone watch
Disdain for any kind of phone
Kid Friendly Distro Feedback - Jeremy
PFSense + pfBlockerNG
Canadian Block Lists GitHub
Will this work with DNS over TLS?
Null out IPs
Linux Smart Phones -...
Published 12/20/23
This week Noah and Steve discuss picking out a vHost and considerations for deploying it into production.
-- During The Show --
02:00
Types of AI
Amount of compute required is astronomical
Foundational model vs tweaking
05:55 Kid Friendly distro? - Chris
Endless OS
What age to give kids a computer
Why give a kid a computer
Why Endless OS
OpenDNS Filtering
14:13 Serial Connection To Proxmox VMs - Michael
Client Setting
Host Setting
Enable the serial console
Proxmox Wiki
17:15...
Published 12/13/23
This week Noah and Steve talk about their home labs and keeping on top of the projects!
03:26 News Wire
Roundcube Next Cloud Merging - Phoronix
Pipewire 1.0 - ZDnet GitLab
MKVtoolnix 81.0 - MKVtoolnix
DigiKam 8.2 - DigiKam
Plasma 6 Beta Milestone - KDE
Cinnamon - Its Foss
Steam Survey - Phoronix
Tails 5.20 - Tails
Vigil LLM Scanner - Help Net Security
Nous Hermes 2 Vision - Venture Beat
04:47 Beeper Mini
16 year old reverse engineered iMessage
Prototype works
Not a man in...
Published 12/06/23
This week Steve goes through his data migration story at his house. What things should you consider before moving large datasets around, and what things need to be taken into account for a solid backup plan?
-- During The Show --
01:52 Home Automation Leak Detection - Jeremy
You can't really
Using cameras
08:06 mmWave sensor update/comparison
Seedstudio mmWave Sensor
Space for other sensors
Way better than a PIR sensor
Aqara Water Sensor
11:19 Point of sale gear? -...
Published 11/29/23
This week Simon Quigley, the release manager for Lubuntu joins Ask Noah to talk about the 24.04 release! We give you some gift ideas for the geek in your life, and of course we answers your questions.
-- During The Show --
00:55 Gratitude
Gratitude is good for your health
Reduces stress
Can be measured in as small as a few weeks
Noah's thank full for
Friends willing to help
For profit companies contributing to open source
Developers who donate their time
As we get older, gratefulness...
Published 11/22/23
This week Noah and Steve talk about migrating subnets from a smaller one, to a larger one. What things should you think about, how should you approach the problem, and tools should you know about.
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01:43 MARS/MS-DMT On Linux? - Klaus
Never used MARS
02:57 Using Chrome Extension of IE requirements - Glenn
ANS 361 ~25:14 Min
IE Tab Extension
Pull things to modern
Frigate
06:18 Veracrypt, bash and ACLs? - ST
Bash history program
Add the following to your...
Published 11/15/23